Poems, Songs, and Letters: Being the Complete Works of Robert BurnsMacmillan and Company, Limited, 1896 - 636 страница |
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... present - looks back on his ninth year with the eyes of his thirtieth . He tells us that he was by no means a favourite with anybody ; that though it cost the master some thrashings , " I made an excellent English vi BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE .
... present - looks back on his ninth year with the eyes of his thirtieth . He tells us that he was by no means a favourite with anybody ; that though it cost the master some thrashings , " I made an excellent English vi BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE .
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... present - the reverend gentlemen indulged in coarse personal altercation , and the Twa Herds was the result . Copies of this satire were handed about , and for the first time Burns tasted how sweet a thing was applause . The circle of ...
... present - the reverend gentlemen indulged in coarse personal altercation , and the Twa Herds was the result . Copies of this satire were handed about , and for the first time Burns tasted how sweet a thing was applause . The circle of ...
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... present , the schoolmaster made a somewhat ostentatious display of his medical acquirements . To a man so easily moved as Burns , this hint was sufficient . On his way home from the Lodge the terrible grotesquerie of Death and Dr ...
... present , the schoolmaster made a somewhat ostentatious display of his medical acquirements . To a man so easily moved as Burns , this hint was sufficient . On his way home from the Lodge the terrible grotesquerie of Death and Dr ...
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... present circumstances - Burns left Mauchline and went to reside in the neighbourhood of Kilmarnock , where , in gloomy mood enough , he corrected his proof sheets . The volume appeared about the end of July , and , thanks to the ...
... present circumstances - Burns left Mauchline and went to reside in the neighbourhood of Kilmarnock , where , in gloomy mood enough , he corrected his proof sheets . The volume appeared about the end of July , and , thanks to the ...
Страница xxiv
... present agony . Your friendship , madam ! By heavens ! I was never proud before . *** I swear solemnly ( in all the terror of my former oath ) to remember you in all the pride and warmth of friendship until - I cease to be ! " To ...
... present agony . Your friendship , madam ! By heavens ! I was never proud before . *** I swear solemnly ( in all the terror of my former oath ) to remember you in all the pride and warmth of friendship until - I cease to be ! " To ...
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acquaintance Allan Cunningham amang auld Ayrshire bard blest bonie lass bosom braes braw Burns charms Clarinda dare DEAR SIR dearest dearie Deil Dumfries DUNLOP e'en e'er Edinburgh ELLISLAND fair fancy Farewell farm favourite Fête Champêtre frae friendship Gavin Hamilton give grace gude hame happy heart Heaven Highland Highland laddie honest honour hope ilka Jenny Geddes Kilmarnock kind lady lassie letter lo'es Lord Madam mair Mauchline maun mind Miss monie morning Mossgiel Muse ne'er never night o'er owre pleasure poem poet poetic poor pride rhyme ROBERT BURNS Scotland Scottish sing song soul stanzas sweet SYLVANDER Tarbolton tell thee There's thou thought thro TUNE verses weary weel Whigs wife wild William Burnes Willie wish worth wretch write ye'll young
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